#2025 (#267)

my old Trini friend

gave me soca and doubles

he’s always been dear

#2024

small teeth holding eyes.

dining considered, dismissed

absent-mindedly. 

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From words on page 268 of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr (HarperCollins, 2008/1971). 

#2023

here must be somewhere

my excuse, hilda, is there

tall blue hair girl, she.

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From words on page 33 (ish) of Hilda and the Bird Parade by Luke Pearson (Flying Eye Books, 2016/2013). 

#2021 and #2022 (#266)

when all is shoogly

but really it is just you

you have to stay still

*

when treadmill shoogly

get some water inside you

to steady the ship

#2020 (#265)

on the village green

he’s stretching out for the day

our own ludraman

#2019 (#264)

twists, turns, surprises

Maltese English a super

rollercoaster ride

#2018 (#263)

suya love, first bite.

a quick stop became habit

in those early days.